ArticleBMC nutrition2017
Use of commercial infant cereals as complementary food in infants and young children in Ghana.
Article in BMC nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Contribution of commercial infant products and fortified staple foods to nutrient intake at ages 6, 12, and 18 months in a cohort of children from a low socio-economic community in South Africa.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Trial
- Microbiome-Guided Maternal and Child Nutrition: A Structured Narrative Review of Indigenous African Foods, Fermented Foods, and Emerging Evidence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Mapping and Nutrient Profiles of Commercially Produced Complementary Foods in West Africa.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Article
- Benchmarking the nutrient composition and labelling practices of commercially produced ready-to-eat purées and meals for older infants and young children across seven Southeast Asian countries.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
- Accuracy of declared nutrient content on labels of commercial complementary food products in Cambodia, Indonesia and Senegal.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
- Suitability and Potential Nutrient Contribution of Underutilized Foods in Community-Based Infant Foods in Northern Ghana.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Nutrient Profiles of Commercially Produced Complementary Foods Available in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Infections and nutrient deficiencies during infancy predict impaired growth at 5 years: Findings from the MAL-ED study in Pakistan.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Some Japanese mothers do not follow package instructions of infant formula: a web-based analytical cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Nutritional Facts and Health/Nutrition Claims of Commercial Plant-Based Infant Foods: Where Do We Stand?Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundTypical complementary foods in developing countries are often inadequate in multiple micronutrients. One way of preventing micronutrient deficiency among infants and young children (IYC) is to feed them a variety of nutrient dense foods. The use of commercial infant cereals (CIC) as complementary food is increasing in Ghana. However, it is unknown whether giving CIC may discourage inclusion of other locally available and nutritious foods as mothers may hold the notion that CIC is superior. This study therefore examined the use of CIC as complementary food, the micronutrient intake from CIC and reasons for its use.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted involving mothers with IYC aged 6-23 months who give CIC as complementary food. Questionnaires were administered to estimate the usual daily frequencies and quantities of CIC. Micronutrient intakes from CIC were calculated. We also calculated the proportion of the recommended nutrient intake (RNI) contributed by micronutrients from CIC.
resultsOf the 384 children sampled, 64.6% were aged 13-23 months and 50.3% were females. More than half of the mothers earned income through trading (55.2%) and nearly one quarter of them had senior high school education (24.7%). Majority of the children consumed 3-4 tablespoons (52.3%) of CIC in a feeding moment. Younger children (6-12 months) were served CIC more frequent than older children (13-23 months). The mean ± SD of micronutrients from CIC were 6.76 ± 2.67 mg, 4.79 ± 1.70 mg, 384.12 ± 139.69 mg, 266.70 ± 100.74 mg and 69.11 ± 24.65 μg for the minerals Fe, Zn, Ca, P and I respectively. The vitamin intakes were: 337.17 ± 119.70 μg, 42.88 ± 15.28 mg, 0.84 ± 0.31 μg, 34.24 ± 12.22 μg and 2.70 ± 1.03 mg for vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B12, folic acid and niacin respectively. Micronutrients from CIC consumption contributed to at least 70% of the RNIs for Fe, Zn, Ca, I, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin B12. Mothers believed that CIC alone could meet the nutritional needs of children and ensure optimal growth and health.
conclusionThe results of present study show that use of CIC as complementary food was high among mothers with IYC 6-12 months. Mothers believed that CIC was nutritionally adequate for their children and did not see the need to include or enrich other locally available complementary foods. Mothers should be educated on the need to include other foods with CIC to increase the dietary quality of IYC.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.